Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
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Ray Kasongo’s recruitment is open again after the 6-foot-9, 230-pound Canadian forward was denied admission to Oregon.
The news was first reported by ESPN’s Jeff Goodman on Twitter, and confirmed to SNY.tv by a source close to Kasongo.
The source said Kasongo is qualified academically and is now considering California, Florida and Memphis, and plans to visit Cal and Memphis first.
A source at one of the schools said a visit had not yet been confirmed.
Last fall, Kasongo committed to Oregon, then changed his mind and considered UConn before picking Oregon again.
Oregon has had a turbulent offseason in which three players — Brandon Austin, Damyeon Dotson and Dominic Artis — were dismissed from the team after they were named in an alleged on-campus sexual assault. Charges were never filed in the case.
